Michael Rosen's Sad Book

from Tess22

Bookshops are full of things that break your heart, but few capture the simplicity of raw sadness. This is not a comfortable book to read, but it is an extraordinarily comforting one.

from TheMightyQuinn

Michael tells about his son who has died, how it makes him feel, and how he deals with the loss. Classic Quentin Blake sketches that expose Blake's range within sketching. This is a book best read in adult/child pairs or groups and may be a book only to introduce to help children understand loss ...

from yarb

Rosen's exposition of sadness strikes the perfect tone: plain, nuanced and mature.

from Goedi

Whoa. I'm not sure it's fair to unleash such a book on unsuspecting readers. Don't just skim it in a bookstore unless you carry tissues, is all I can say.

from Emma_Manolis

I picked this up for the Quentin Blake illustrations and thy did not disappoint. I did not expect to find such raw emotions in a children's book. Rosen just openly shares his feelings about sadness and depression and does not sugarcoat it in the slightest. I like that a lot. I think this could be...